As a result I’ve steadily moved away from them towards docker, which offers a lot more flexibility with updating. It’s nice using the Synology provided packages, but they have a tendency to run quite a bit behind the current latest and greatest. The Synology DSM web app has a package available (hereafter referred to as an app) that lets you install and manage docker images on your Synology, which in turn gives you access to a vast array of containerized software ready to install without any additional custom packaging. If not, here’s the quick and dirty summary: Docker is a tool that lets developers package software into containers that provide a universal, consistent, low overhead installation process, making life much simpler for admins and developers alike (hence it’s wild explosion in popularity since it was introduced). Note – this guide assumes you have some basic familiarity with Docker and DSM 6’s Docker app. However, rather than jumping back into the Age of Empires 2 map scripting series I thought I’d take an evening to document how to migrate away from the Synology Plex Package to a docker image install, as I’m in the middle of prepping for the update from DSM 6 to DSM 7 and haven’t seen a great article on the subject. After a few months off (as it turns out, changing jobs and moving soaks up a lot of time!), I’m finally returning to writing a bit in my free time.

Plex media server update folder